In a receivership, or a conservatorship under chapter 11 of this title, of a financial institution or credit union whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration or any other agency or instrumentality of the United States, the allowed expenses and claims against the financial institution or credit union shall have priority in receiving distributions out of the assets of the financial institution or credit union in the following order:
Any funds remaining shall be paid to the stockholders of the financial institution or credit union, or, in the case of a mutual financial institution in which there are no stockholders, to the depositors in proportion to the respective amounts of their stock or deposits.
Interest shall be given the same priority as the claim on which it is based, but no interest shall be paid on any claim until the principal of all claims within the same class has been paid or adequately provided for in full.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 19-12-8